>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS LOOK AT THE REPORTING FROM KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK .

>>> THOSE WHO RELY ON CROSS- BORDER BUSINESS TELL US HOW RECENT VIOLENCE IN BAJA AFFECTS THEIR WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS AND A TALE OF TWO TEDS AND THE SALE OF TWO HOMES FOR SALE AND VETERANS WITH MOBILITY ISSUES SHOW THEY CAN STILL FIND WAYS TO STAY ACTIVE AND DO THINGS THEY LOVE.

>>> GAS PRICES ARE NOW APPROACHING FIVE DOLLARS A GALLON DOWN MORE THAN ONE DOLLAR SINCE JUNE AND IT IS HAPPENING IS A NEW SPENDING PLAN BY CONGRESS AIMS TO REDUCE INFLATION ELSEWHERE.

WE TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE ON WHAT IS IN IT FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: THE NEW INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS OFFICIALLY SIGNED INTO LAW.

AMERICANS CAN NOW REAP THE BENEFITS.

SO WE WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT ABOUT THE LAW AND THE LIST OF WHAT IT SAYS IT WILL DO IS HEFTY.

IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, REDUCE HEALTHCARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG BILLS, CREATE GREEN JOBS AND REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES, CLEANUP POLLUTION, AND MAKE CORPORATIONS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES JUST TO NAME A FEW.

BUT THE SAN DIEGO IN THIS WE SPOKE WITH SOUNDED SKEPTICAL.

>> ANYTHING THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO THE LAYMAN 99% OF THE TIME IT IS THE OPPOSITE AND IT'S NOT GOOD FOR US AND IT'S GOOD FOR PEOPLE ON THE TOP.

>> Reporter: HE IMMEDIATELY POINTED OUT A FEW PROBLEMS HE SAW WITH SOME OF THE BIG TAX CREDITS THAT PEOPLE COULD RECEIVE WHEN BUYING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND SOLAR PANELS.

>> WHO CAN AFFORD THAT CAR AND EVEN IF YOU COULD WHY WOULD YOU BUY ANOTHER CAR WHEN YOU HAVE ONE THAT IS ALREADY WORKING AND SOLAR PANELS, YES, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEM, BUT YOU ON THE HOUSE?

YOU CAN'T PUT THEM ON THE HOUSE IF YOU DON'T OWN THE HOUSE.

MOST PEOPLE RENT.

SO IT WON'T HELP EVERYDAY PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THIS YOUNG COUPLE SAID THEY RENT AND WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT OR THE ELECTRIC CAR CREDIT.

>> I THINK IT IS COOL TO MAKE THINGS MORE GREEN AND THE GOVERNMENT HELPS OUT AND THAT IS THE DIRECTION WE HAVE TO GO.

>> Reporter: THEY DO APPRECIATE THE ACTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

>> IT IS COOL THAT WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT AND THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING A STAND ON THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO HAVE ANOTHER 80 L -- YEARS TO LIVE.

>> THIS IS A FORWARD POSITIVE STEP.

THAT IS WHY I AM HAPPY ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: HE SAID IT TACKLES THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE OF OUR TIME THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING EVERYONE AND SOMETHING HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO CALL ATTENTION TO FOR YEARS, CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> WE ARE IN A TERRIBLE DROUGHT RIGHT NOW.

PEOPLE WILL SUFFER FROM IT AND THEY ARE SUFFERING MORE AND MORE BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

ALL THE THINGS THAT THIS BILL DOES TO ATTACK CLIMATE CHANGE, I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE BENEFIT THE MOST.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID THINGS LIKE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS WILL BE MORE IMMEDIATE BUT UNDERSTANDS FRUSTRATION WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS, BUT THEY WILL PAY OFF EVENTUALLY.

>> THEY ARE RIGHT, THEY CAN'T AFFORD ELECTRIC VEHICLES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE PRICES SO HIGH BUT WITH THIS INVESTMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THOSE PRICES WILL COME DOWN AND FAIRLY QUICKLY.

YOU WILL SEE THAT FORD AND CHEVY AND AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS WILL BUILD AN EXPENSIVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

>> Reporter: HE SAID IT HAS SOMETHING IN IT FOR EVERYONE AND HE IS ESPECIALLY PROUD OF THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING REFORM.

>> IT WILL CAP THE AMOUNT THAT SENIORS ON MEDICARE HAVE TO SPEND AT THE PHARMACY COUNTER AT $2000 A YEAR.

IT WILL PROVIDE $35 A MONTH CAP FOR THOSE PEOPLE ON INSULIN.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE WANTED FOR A LONG TIME AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT PRESERVES THE INCENTIVES FOR COMPANIES AND A LOT OF THEM TO INNOVATE IN THAT DRUG SPACE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

>> Reporter: HE SAID IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR THE FULL BENEFITS OF THE BILL TO BE SEEN AND APPRECIATED.

>> IT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THE PLANET AND CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

FOR SENIORS, AND PEOPLE OUT THERE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT IS THE POINT.

PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT.

>> PEOPLE CAN BARELY AFFORD TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE OR GAS IN THE CAR TO GET TO WORK WHICH THEY HAVE TO GO TO TO PAY THE BILLS IN THE FIRST PLACE WHICH THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY AND IT IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.

>>> THE PANDEMIC AND HIGHER GAS PRICES HAVE LED TO MORE E BIKES SHARING THE ROAD AND MORE COLLISIONS INCLUDING ONE THAT KILLED A MOTHER WHO WAS RIDING WITH HER TODDLER.

OUR REPORTER TELLS US HOW THAT IS BRINGING NEW CALLS FOR SAFER STREETS.

>> FLOWERS AND CANDLES.

TRUCK THESE CAN BE SEEN ON THE CORNER OF THIS AVENUE IN CARLSBAD AND IT IS WHERE THE MOM WAS HIT BY AN SUV ON AUGUST 7 WHILE SHE WAS RIDING HER E BIKE WITH HER 16 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER DELILAH.

HER DAUGHTER WAS NOT HURT.

ON TUESDAY NIGHT HER HUSBAND BOB ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SAFER ROADS.

IT WAS NOT HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AT A COUNCIL MEETING.

>> I CAME A MONTH AGO TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE SPEEDS IN WHICH PEOPLE TRAVEL THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> Reporter: AT THE MEETING HE ASKED FOR WAYS TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> NEVER IN 1 MILLION YEARS THAT I THINK THREE WEEKS LATER MY WIFE WOULD BE HIT BY A 42- YEAR-OLD FEMALE WHO LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES AN HOUR AND BLEW A STOP SIGN.

THANK GOD MY DAUGHTER DIDN'T DIE , BUT MY WIFE WASN'T SO LUCKY.

>> Reporter: MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY CALLED ON CITY COUNCIL TO ACT NOW TO PREVENT FUTURE TRAGEDIES.

>> CERAMIC ROAD REFLECTORS, DIPS OR DIVOTS IN THE ROADS, THOSE WOULD BE THE EASIEST SOLUTIONS.

CURB EXTENSIONS, SPEED BUMPS, ROUNDABOUTS.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO BICYCLE COALITION SAID CHRISTINE'S DEATH IS ONE OF FOUR IN THE LAST EIGHT DAYS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

BUT HE SAID IT ISN'T BECAUSE OF E BIKES BEING UNSAFE.

>> THIS TRAGEDY IS A WAKE-UP CALL TO HOW SYSTEMICALLY UNSAFE THE STREETS ARE.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THE USE OF E BIKES HAS EXPLODED ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUNGER RIDERS.

HE SAID CITY GOVERNMENTS NEED TO INVEST IN ROAD SAFETY INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT MORE ACCIDENTS FROM HAPPENING.

>> THERE IS A LOT TO BE DONE TO MAKE THE ROADS SAFER AND IT IS A SYSTEMIC ISSUE AND YOU WON'T FIX IT BY CHANGING A FEW PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR AND I AM HOPEFUL THIS TRAGEDY WILL SHOW THE CITY THAT THESE INVESTMENTS ARE WORTHWHILE EVEN IF THEY KEEP PEOPLE FROM DRIVING SLOWER.

>> Reporter: HE SAID EDUCATION IS ANOTHER KEY COMPONENT FOR ANYONE ON THE ROAD.

AND THIS WEEK THE GOVERNOR SIGNED A BILL FOR E BIKE SAFETY AND EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAMS.

>> IT CREATES A STATEWIDE STANDARD OF UNDERSTANDING HOW TO USE THESE ESPECIALLY IN THE VIRUS.

>> Reporter: IT WAS PRESENTED BY THIS ASSEMBLY MEMBER.

>> IT WILL CREATE AN E BIKE SAFETY TRAINING STATEWIDE, SO EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANYBODY WHO WANTS ACCESS TO HOW TO WRITE AN E BIKE SAFELY CAN DO THAT.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY TO PATROL WILL DEVELOP A STATEWIDE E BIKE SAFETY AND EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM.

>>> ALL SUMMER WE HAVE SEEN CLOSURES OF SOUTH BAY BEACHES DUE TO SEWER CONTAMINATION.

ERIK ANDERSON HAS DETAILS NOW ON A NEW AGREEMENT BY THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION.

>> Reporter: MEXICAN NUS OFFICIALS GATHERED ON THIS ESTUARY TO SIGN AN UNPRECEDENTED AGREEMENT TO FIX THE REGIONS CROSS-BORDER POLLUTION PROBLEM.

MEXICAN OFFICIALS WILL SPEND MORE THAN $140 MILLION.

>> WE WILL HAVE MISSED A LOT OF CREDIT FOR STEPPING UP IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS ON THE SIDE OF THE BORDER AND TO SHARE THIS RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE WE ARE ONE AND THAT IS FUNDAMENTAL.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS FIND A TREATY AND MEMORANDUM THAT IDENTIFIES ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE FUNDED, BOTH IN MEXICO AND IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE U.S. EPA'S $630 MILLION COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION BLUEPRINT INCLUDES EXPANDING THE SEWAGE TREATMENT CAPACITY ON THE YOU ASIDE AND -- THE UNITED STATES SIDE AND FIXING SEWAGE PIPES IN TIJUANA AND A TREATMENT PLANT.

>> TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT LONGER BUT THE COMMITMENT BEING MADE TODAY TO THE PROJECTS AND FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE CAN GET THIS DONE AND OPEN UP THE BEACHES FOR THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.

AND THIS IS ENJOYED BY CHILDREN AND BOTH COUNTRIES.

>> THESE TWO THINGS ARE A BRIDGE BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES.

THEY ARE NOT A SOLUTION TO THE CROSS-BORDER SEWAGE PROBLEM BUT IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TOWARD A SOLUTION.

>>> BAJA, CALIFORNIA IS HOPING WE DON'T SEE ANOTHER WAVE OF VIOLENCE FROM DRUG CARTELS LIKE LAST WEEKEND.

AS WE REPORT, THE THREAT PUT A CHILL ON CROSS-BORDER BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: MANY OF THE BUSINESSES HERE DEPEND ON EMPLOYEES WHO LIVE ACROSS THE BORDER AND THE MANAGER OF ONE OF THE LARGER STORES WHO DID NOT WANT TO GIVE HER NAME BECAUSE SHE IS AFRAID, SAID THAT WHEN SHE WENT HOME TO TIJUANA ON FRIDAY AFTER WORK, SHE SAW A CAR ON FIRE.

SHE THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS HAVING MECHANICAL ISSUES, AND SHE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WOULD AFFECT SO MANY LIVES.

SHE SAID THAT NIGHT THEY COULD NOT EVEN GO TO THE GROCERY STORE BECAUSE THEY WERE SO SCARED AND THEY COULD NOT SLEEP BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY SIRENS.

SATURDAY MORNING, WHEN SHE WENT TO GO TO WORK, SHE SAW A GHOST TOWN.

EVERY DAY ABOUT 37,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN TIJUANA ACROSS THE BORDER TO WORK AND BUSINESSES IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH IS ACCORDING TO THE MEXICAN MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND THE MANAGER OF THE STORE SAID IT WAS SHOCKING TO SEE AN EMPTY BORDER CROSSING AND EVEN WORSE TO GET TO WORK AND SEE BEAR PARKING LOTS.

SHE SAID ALL THE STORES AT THE STRIP MALL WHERE SHE WORKS WERE CLOSED AND THE STRIP MALLS NEXT TO HERS AS WELL AND HER STORE WAS THE ONLY ONE OPEN.

SHE SAW A GROUP OF OWNERS GATHERED WHO TOLD HER THEY COULDN'T OPEN THEIR STORES BECAUSE THEIR EMPLOYEES WERE AFRAID ACROSS THE BORDER.

WE WENT TO ANOTHER STORE NEARBY AND FOUND A YOUNG EMPLOYEE WHO STAYED HOME ALL WEEKEND OUT OF HERE.

SHE DIDN'T WANT US TO SHOW HER ON CAMERA AND SHE SAID SHE HAD SAFETY CONCERNS.

SHE SAID SHE CALLED HER BOSS ON FRIDAY EVENING WHEN SHE HEARD ABOUT THREATS FROM CRIMINALS CALLING FOR PEOPLE TO STAY HOME.

AND EVERY PERSON SHE KNOWS DID THE SAME.

>> Reporter: THIS YOUNG EMPLOYEE DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE HER NAME BUT SHE SAID SHE STAYED HOME AS WELL AND SO DID HER NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS.

SHE SAID IT AFFECTED ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

SHE SAYS SHE WAS SCARED AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.

BUT SHE DID FINALLY TAKE A RISK ON SUNDAY AND WENT TO WORK.

SHE KNEW HER CAR MAY BE TAKEN AND BURNED.

SHE SAID IT IS DEFINITELY CALL MARK, BUT THERE IS STILL FEAR AND LIMITED TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE MANY DRIVERS ARE AFRAID THEIR VEHICLES WON'T BE TAKEN AND TORCHED AS WELL AND THOSE WHO RELY ON THIS ARE OUT OF LUCK.

THE MANAGER OF THE STORE SAID MANY OF THE SHOPS HAVE JUST GOTTEN BACK ON THEIR FEET AND ARE BARELY HANGING ON AFTER THE PANDEMIC SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING.

AND IF THIS FEAR LINGERS, THE GHOST TOWN CONDITIONS SHE SAW OVER THE WEEKEND MAY HAUNT THEM FOR YEARS AND THE LONELINESS MAKES HER SAD.

>> THAT STORY IS AMONG OUR MOST READ THIS WEEK ON OUR WEBSITE AND SO IS THE STORE YOU THOUGHT EARLIER ON THE SUV CRASH THAT KILLED A WOMAN RIDING ON AN E BIKE IN CARLSBAD.

THURSDAYS EMERGENCY LANDING OF A SMALL PLANE IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION AS WELL AND THE DECISION BY UC SAN DIEGO TO CUT ADMISSION OFFERS AMONG THE MOST READ STORIES THIS WEEK.

>>> FOR MORE THAN A YEAR SAN DIEGO'S MAYOR HAS WANTED TO MIX IN NEW HOUSING WITH NEEDED RENOVATIONS FOR PUBLIC SPACES LIKE LIBRARIES AND THE CITY COUNCIL CUT SOME OF THE REDTAPE BUT GETTING PROJECTS GOING HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE.

WE EXPLAIN WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG.

>> THE REASON WE ARE HERE TODAY IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW OAK PARK BRANCH LIBRARY.

>> Reporter: LAST MONTH THE MAYOR GATHERED TO MAKE AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT.

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WAS GIVING SAN DIEGO $20 MILLION TO HELP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A NEW LIBRARY FOR OAK PARK.

WHEN I HEARD THIS NEWS, MY MIND WENT BACK TO THE MAYOR'S 2021 STATED THE CITY ADDRESS.

AMONG A SLEW OF NEW HOUSING POLICIES, HE SAID THIS.

>> WE KNOW REAL ESTATE IS AT A PREMIUM HERE, WHICH IS WHY I WILL IMPLEMENT PLANS TO INCORPORATE HOUSING WHEN THEY REDEVELOP OR BUILD NEW CITY FACILITIES.

THIS COULD MEAN BUILDING APARTMENTS ON TOP OF NEW LIBRARIES AND FIRE STATIONS.

I WILL TAKE A THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CAN SUPPORT THESE NEW UNITS.

>> Reporter: I HAD TO ASK IF OAK PARK'S NEW LIBRARY WILL BE THE FIRST IN SAN DIEGO TO INCLUDE HOUSING.

THE ANSWER IS NO.

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF THE PROJECT IS TOO FAR ALONG TO CHANGE, AND DELAYS COULD JEOPARDIZE THE STATE FUNDING.

BUT THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT MIXING LIBRARIES WITH HOUSING.

>> IT REALLY STARTED OUT AS A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO GET A NEW LIBRARY AND HOW TO GET A LARGER LIBRARY.

>> Reporter: OUTSIDE THE NORTH PARK LIBRARY, IT IS A LOT OF COMMONALITIES WITH THE OLD LIBRARY DUE TO BE REPLACED.

IT IS SMALL AND MORE THAN 50 YEARS OLD AND IT DOESN'T HAVE THE KIND OF THINGS PEOPLE NEED NOWADAYS LIKE COMMUNITY MEETING ROOMS.

HE HELPED LEAD A DISCUSSION AT THE NORTH PARK PLANNING COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS YEAR ABOUT HOLDING A NEW LIBRARY WITH HOUSING ON TOP.

>> WE DO HAVE A NICE SIZED LOT HERE AND AS THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN GROWING OVER TIME, THERE IS A COMMON CRITICISM THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE BEING INVESTED AT THE SAME TIME WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF THIS NEW GROWTH.

SO HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE A WAY TO TACKLE THE HOUSING CRISIS AND CREATE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A NEW LARGER POPULATION HERE.

>> Reporter: THE RESPONSE HE GOT FROM OFFICIALS WAS NOT ENCOURAGING.

NORTH PARK ISN'T ANYWHERE NEAR THE TOP OF THE LIST WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING A NEW LIBRARY AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE OAK PARK HAVE GREATER NEEDS.

ABSENT A LARGE CHARITABLE DONATION TO KICK START THIS PROCESS, THE CITY IS NOT LIKELY TO REDEVELOP THIS LAND ANYTIME SOON.

BUT STILL HE IS NOT GIVEN UP ON THE IDEA.

THE LIBRARY IS SURROUNDED BY NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS.

IT IS IN ONE OF THE CITIES MOST WALKABLE TRANSIT RICH NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> IT IS AN IDEAL PLACE TO INCORPORATE NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC OF THE LIBRARY BUT THE PUBLIC GOOD OF MAYBE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> THE WALLS ARE SEPARATING FROM THE FOUNDATION AND THAT IS NEVER GOOD.

>> Reporter: LESS THAN A MILE AWAY SITS ANOTHER BUILDING, THE COMMUNITY ADULT CENTER WHICH IS WHERE HE MET STEPHEN RUSSELL HEAD OF THE NONPROFIT HOUSING FEDERATION AND HE SAID ONE PUBLIC ASSETS LIKE THESE REACH THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE, IT IS INCUMBENT ON CITY OFFICIALS TO REIMAGINE THEM AND THE LAND IS TOO VALUABLE TO BUILD JUST ONE STORY.

>> BUT WE HAVE A SINGLE-STORY BUILDING, WHAT ARE WE PUTTING UP AND IT IS A WASTED OPPORTUNITY THAN.

SINGLE-STORY BUILDINGS IN AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS IS ALWAYS A WASTE OF OPPORTUNITY.

>> Reporter: THERE IS AN EXTRA COMPLICATION.

IT IS PART OF THE NORTH PARK COMMUNITY PARK AND THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE LAST FEBRUARY TO STREAMLINE HOUSING BUILT ON TOP OF PUBLIC FACILITIES, IT EXCLUDED FACILITIES LOCATED ON PARKLAND AND HE SAID HE IS NOT SURE IT MAKES SENSE ESPECIALLY WHEN A BUILDING ALREADY EXISTS, AND MAKING IT TALLER WOULDN'T REQUIRE MAKING SACRIFICES TO ANY PARKLAND AND ADDING HOUSING MAY MAKE IT SAFER.

>> I THINK IN NORTH PARK PARTICULAR, YOU HAVE A PARK UNOBSERVED AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT OF GONE ON THE PAST AND MAYBE HAVING MORE HAVING ICE ON THE STREET OR THE GREEN CAN HELP THE SITUATION.

>> CITY OFFICIALS COULDN'T NAME A SINGLE LIBRARY OR FIRE STATION OR REC CENTER OR OTHER PUBLIC FACILITY WHERE THERE ARE CONCRETE PLANS TO INCORPORATE HOUSING BUT THEY DID GET A GRANT TO STUDY THE CONCEPTS FEASIBILITY MORE CLOSELY AND THE REPORT IS OUT SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.

>>> THE BUYERS OF TWO LOCAL HOMES WILL BE GETTING MUCH MORE THAN A PLACE TO LIVE.

THEY WILL BE BUYING A CONNECTION TO SAN DIEGO ICONS BOTH NAMED TED.

WE SHOW YOU THESE ONE-OF-A-KIND LISTINGS.

>> Reporter: TED WILLIAMS WAS KNOWN BY MANY NAMES BUT THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAMER WAS BEST KNOWN AS HIS TIME PLAYING ON THE BOSTON RED SOX AND A MILITARY VETERAN BUT ALL OF HIS GREATNESS BEGAN HERE IN SAN DIEGO WHERE HE GREW UP AND HIS CHILDHOOD HOME IS NOW UP FOR SALE AND ACCORDING TO THE FORMER PADRES BROADCASTER BOB CHANDLER.

>> AT ONE TIME THE MAJOR-LEAGUE PADRES HAD THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE BUYING THAT HOUSE AND TURNING IT INTO A BASEBALL SHRINE LIKE A HALL OF FAME AND SO FORTH.

BUT, OBVIOUSLY, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: AT THE SAME TIME THAT HOME WAS ON THE MARKET, SO WAS THE HOUSE ONCE OWNED BY TED KIESEL BETTER KNOWN AS DR. SEUSS.

AND WHILE THE BASEBALL LEGENDS FORMER HOME IS A HUMBLE ONE STORY BUNGALOW, THE OTHER IS AN EXPANSIVE MANSION IN LA JOLLA AND HE IS CO-OWNER OF THIS FIRM WHICH WAS SELECTED TO LIST THE HOME BY THE CURRENT OWNER.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO.

>> IF YOU LOOK HERE WE HAVE THE ETCHED GLASS OF THE CAT IN THE HAT AND I SAID THE POOL IN HERE AS WELL YOU HAVE THE BOWTIE OF THE CAT IN THE HAT.

>> Reporter: BACK HERE ON UTAH STREET THE HOME IS EASY TO MISS AND THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO SIGN OR MONUMENT THAT MARKS THE HOUSE.

>> IS NOT VERY FAR FROM THIS ATHLETIC FIELD.

USED TO GO THERE AS THE STORY GOES FROM MORNING UNTIL NIGHT AND WITH A BAT AND BASEBALL AND THROW IT UP AND HIT IT AND PLAN A GAME OR WHATEVER.

AND THAT IS WHERE HE HONED HIMSELF WAS IN NORTH PARK.

>> Reporter: THE FORMER HOUSE OF THE CAT IN THE HAT AUTHOR IS ON THE MARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 75 YEARS AND HE SAID HIS LATE WIFE AUDREY KEPT SOME OF THE PLACE IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE.

>> SUPPOSEDLY THE LIBRARY IN THE OFFICE ON THE TOWER UP ABOVE WERE PART OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE THAT SHE REBUILT AROUND AND THAT IS WHERE HE DID A LOT OF HIS WORK.

>> Reporter: IT IS CURRENTLY UP FOR $900,000 AND MEAN SOME -- MEANWHILE THE HOUSE OF DR. SEUSS $19 MILLION.

>>> WE ARE PART OF THE FESTIVAL OF BOOKS HAPPENING THIS WEEK AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO.

THE EVENT SATURDAY IS WHEN WE WILL ANNOUNCE THIS YEAR'S ONE BOOK ONE SAN DIEGO SELECTION AND YOU CAN SEE THE NOMINEES AT KPBS.ORG.

BE SURE TO CHECK BACK SOON TO SEE WHICH BOOK AND AUTHOR WE WILL BE SHOWCASING IN 2022.

>>> LOCAL CAMPUSES ARE COMING BACK TO LIFE.

THAT INCLUDES SDSU WERE A NEW ACADEMIC YEAR BEGINS SOON.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH SOME STUDENTS WHO YOU MAY DESCRIBE AS OLD- SCHOOL.

>> I AM SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Reporter: THESE ARE STUDENTS BACK FOR THE FALL SEMESTER AT SAN DIEGO STATE AND MANY OF THEM ARE GRANDPARENTS, OTHERS WIDOWED.

>> IT WAS MY LIFELINE.

WHEN MY LIFE CHANGED WHEN MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY, I NEEDED SOMETHING.

I FOUND OCEAN.

>> Reporter: THE LIFE LONG LEARNING INSTITUTE OFFERS CLASSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SDSU WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AND AGE FRIENDLY UNIVERSITY, A DESIGNATION GIVEN TO ONLY ABOUT 80 CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT EDUCATE THE ELDERLY.

>> I AM 78 AND A HALF AND PROUD OF IT.

>> Reporter: SHE IS A WIDOW AND MOTHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS AND GRANDMOTHER TO NINE GRANDCHILDREN.

>> ALEXIS IS ALMOST 5 1/2.

>> Reporter: SHE HAS RAISED HER FAMILY WITH THE BELIEF THAT SCHOOL DOESN'T AND JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE.

SHE HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, AND SHE USED THAT TO TEACH AND IS BACK FOR MORE.

>> I HAVE TAKEN MUSIC CLASSES AND LITERATURE, HISTORY, MOVIES AND JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: SHE ALSO KNOWS THE TYPE OF KARATE.

ALL OF THE STUDENTS HAVE COMPLETED COURSES ON CAMPUS.

SOME SAY THEY HAVE THE GRAY HERE TO PROVE IT.

THEY ALSO HAVE THE ATTENTION OF THE UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT, WHO HAS PRIORITIZED THIS VALUABLE POPULATION.

>> DIVERSE ON MULTIPLE IDENTITIES.

WE WANT TO BE CUTTING-EDGE ON THAT DEMOGRAPHIC AS WELL.

>> Reporter: THE TUITION IS ABOUT $100 BUT LIKE THE TRADITIONAL STUDENTS THEY ARE OFFERED SCHOLARSHIPS AS NEEDED.

PLUS MUCH MORE.

>> IT IS NOT ONLY INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING BUT A GREAT SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY AND I'VE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE DO THINGS TOGETHER.

THE PEOPLE ARE REALLY NICE AND INTERESTING.

THEY ARE NOT JUST SITTING AT HOME DOING NOTHING.

>> Reporter: THIS WELCOME BACK PARTY WAS HELD ON THE COTTAGE PATIO AT SDSU TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS STORIES AND STUDENTS OF A CERTAIN AGE WHO HAVE CREATED THEM.

>> WHEN I STOP GROWING, I WON'T HAVE A REASONABLY CONTINUE.

BUT AS LONG AS I AM GROWING, I GET THAT AND I HAVE MORE TO SHARE WITH MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

AND THEY LOVE WATCHING ME GROW AND HEARING ABOUT MY CLASSES.

>> Reporter: THAT IS AN A+ AT ANY AGE.

>>> LOCAL DISABLED VETERANS ARE PROVING THEY ARE STILL UP FOR ADVENTURE.

ARE VIDEO JOURNALISTS WENT TO THE NATIONAL ADAPTIVE SPORTS EVENT TO SEE HOW THEY ARE STAYING ACTIVE AND HEALTHY.

>> WE HAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY WITH ALL KINDS OF DISABILITIES THAT ARE HERE LEARNING ADAPTIVE SPORTS.

THIS IS A MODEL OF REHABILITATION TO GIVE VETERANS A CHANCE TO GET OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TRY SOME NEW THINGS AND PUSH THEMSELVES.

>> THAT FIRST TIME IN THE WATER IS A NERVOUS FEELING AND SCARY.

THAT IS WHY WE BRING ON A GREAT TEAM TO HELP THEM AND COAX THEM THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE.

AND THEN ONCE THEY CATCH THAT FIRST WAVE, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE FLYING.

THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS LIVING WITH DIFFERENT DISABILITIES AND CONDITIONS AND THEY THINK THAT DOING ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES IS OUT OF THE REALM, SO WE SHOW THEM THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THEY WANT AND WE GET THEM TO FOCUS ON THEIR ABILITIES AND NOT THEIR DISABILITIES.

>> IT HAS GIVEN ME CONFIDENCE THAT I HAVE NOT HAD IN A LONG TIME.

WE ARE DOING A LOT OF STUFF THAT I HAVE NOT EVER DONE.

THIS IS EXCITING.

I AM MEETING NEW PEOPLE, WHICH I DO REALLY LIKE.

AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF TEAMS.

IT HAS REALLY BEEN NICE BEING HERE FOR THAT AND HAVING THESE DISABILITIES AND BEING WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAVE THESE DISABILITIES BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT.

>> BEING IN SAN DIEGO ON THE WATER IS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE AND IT IS SOMETHING I THOUGHT I PROBABLY WOULD NEVER DO IN MY LIFETIME.

SO TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AND HAVE FUN AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS, IT IS AWESOME.

>> ♪ >> I REALIZE THAT NO MATTER IF YOU ARE MISSING AN ARM OR LEG OR TWO LEGS, THERE ARE MEANS TO ACHIEVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO AND NO MATTER WHAT IT IS THERE IS PROBABLY A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO IT FROM WHAT YOU ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.

>> OUR VETERANS ARE GOING HOME WITH A NEW SET OF SKILLS OR A SET OF SKILLS THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY HAD AND THAT COULD BE GETTING ON A PLANE OR TRAVELING.

THEY ARE OUT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

MANY HAVE NOT TRAVELED SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED.

WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE VETERANS, BUT ALSO WE WANT TO CREATE ONE WHERE THEY COULD THRIVE AND TEST THEMSELVES.

>> THAT STORY AND ALL OF OUR CONTENT IS ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE AND YOU CAN ALSO LIVE STREAM KPBS EVENING EDITION WEEKNIGHTS AT 5:00.

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